Episode 119 The Scottsboro Boys

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In November 2012, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles pardoned three black men who had been wrongly convicted of assaulting two white women in 1931. They were the last of nine young men associated with the case to have their convictions officially cleared from the record. Their arrest and the trials that followed served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastTwitter: @southernpod_Instagram: @shannonballard_Email: [email protected] Episode Sources Scottsboro Trials. Accessed December 14, 2022. “Scottsboro Boys” Trials (1931-1937). Famous Trials by Douglas O. Linder. Accessed December 10, 2022. Without Fear or Favor: Judge James Edwin Horton and the Trial of the “Scottsboro Boys” By Douglas O. Linder. Accessed December 10, 2022 The Saga Of The Scottsboro Boys. Accessed January 2, 2023. The Scottsboro Trials: A Legal Lynching. Accessed January 2, 2023. The Scottsboro Boys: Injustice in Alabama. Accessed December 15, 2022. Episode Music No 7 Alone with My Thoughts by Esther Abrami. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use

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0:51.9	listening at pat Patreon.com slash Southern Mysteries. In November of 2012, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, pardoned three men,
1:19.2	Haywood Patterson, Charlie Weems, and Andy Wright.
1:24.2	The three black men had been convicted of assaulting two white women in 1931, and they were
1:30.8	innocent.
1:32.4	They were the last of nine young men associated with the case
1:36.0	to have their convictions officially cleared from the record.
1:40.0	Their arrest and trials that followed served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
1:47.0	Welcome to Southern Mysteries, exploring the history and mysteries of the American South. I'm your host, Shannon Ballard.
1:55.8	This is the story of the Scottsboro Boys.
2:01.8	In 1931, the American Civil Liberties Union released a report called Black Justice,
2:09.7	which criticized policies and laws, which served as barriers for Black Americans. criticize and
2:15.0	the right to trial by their
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